bgr_686204 - KINGDOM OF PERSIS - ARTAXERXES II Hemidrachme
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Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 60-50 AC.
Mint name / Town : Persepolis, Perside
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 1,80 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Joli buste du roi. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste barbu couronné et drapé du roi à gauche, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque ; derrière la tête un monogramme.
Reverse
Reverse legend : INSCRIPTION ARAMÉENNE CIRCULAIRE NON LISIBLE.
Reverse description : Le roi debout à gauche devant un pyrée (autel du feu) allumé.
Commentary
Au droit, le roi porte une couronne murale crénelée et un diadème. Pour ce type, outre l’hemidrachme, nous trouvons la drachme et l’obole.
Historical background
KINGDOM OF PERSIS - ARTAXERXES II
(1st century BC)
La Perside seems to have played an important role in the history of the Achaemenid Empire. Persepolis was one of the capitals of the Empire. La Perside kept a certain autonomy under the Macedonian domination which was perpetuated under the Parthians. The founder of the dynasty seems to have been Bagadate at the end of the 3rd century BC. It seems that Darius II who is the contemporary of the Parthian kings Orodes I, Sinatruces and Phraates III (c. 80-57 BC- C.) was the son of Autophradates II, father of Artaxerxes II (c. 57 BC) and Oxathres (57-38 BC).
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